THE FINAL SOLUTION TO THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

Preventing, Predicting, & Dismantling Problems Ahead

J. Peters 2021-02-25

Asking yourself: "What issues seem to pop up consistently?"

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FEBRUARY STILL REFLECTING ON DECEMBER

Howard Diamond CPS (Certified Peer Specialist) 2021-02-18

Success and failure are different for each of us, but we do strive for the former

Diagnosis identity Peer PROSUMER Terms THEORY

What exactly does it mean to be a Peer?

J. Peters 2021-02-15

Either we disband every manual out there in mental health, or we must only use the DSM-5

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The SPOA (SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS) System – Reform and Revise

J. Peters 2021-02-08

Under the auspices of the local DCMH, the county entry points use SPOA/SPOE (Single Point of Access/Entry), filled out by clinicians applying for services for their patients.

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THE TRIANGLE OF DISPAIR: A Stain of Disgrace on America

Glenn Slabby B.S, MFA 2021-02-05

Mental Illness, Incarceration and Quality of Life (Homelessness), a vicious cycle, occurring all too frequently.

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The ‘truth’ about ‘fuctional’ impairments

J. Peters 2021-02-02

Noone who read my writing can deny that I believe in recovery

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Crisis Response: the Question of the Peer role in Emergency Community Mental Health

J. Peters 2021-01-27

The root of it, the peer workforce is not ready. I can hear it now: Not glad?! What exactly do you mean? I mean in terms of preparedness

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DO YOU WANT TO BE A VOLUNTEER?

Howard Diamond CPS (Certified Peer Specialist) 2021-01-26

Volunteering is willingly working on behalf of others without the expectation of pay or other tangible gains.

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HARPs at 5 Years: What Have We Learned?

Michael Fagan, MPA, LCSW 2021-01-26

The state agencies cited are by no means the only entities working to achieve these goals

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Your typical ‘crazy’ person or ‘nutbag’

J. Peters 2021-01-24

I seem to remember a day when different was both a good thing and a bad thing.

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Neo-Institutionalization: The Overregulation of Community Mental Health

J. Peters 2021-01-20

Neo-institutionalization evolved and came into being out of the clumsy rollout of de-institutionalization policies in the 1970 and 1980s.

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DNR, Sign me Up

J. Peters 2021-01-04

Do Not RESUSCITATE, PLEASE. DNR orders, or Do Not Resuscitate orders, aren’t very tricky when it comes to the law and how the law is carried out and interpreted by doctors and patients embarking on…

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Politics and the ‘status’ of our National Mindset

Phillip Cooke 2020-11-30

Amid the struggle, heartache, loss, betrayal, and disappointment can be not easy to find the strength and motivation to keep going in life.

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Combating STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION

Howard Diamond CPS (Certified Peer Specialist) 2020-11-29

The words STIGMA and DISCRIMINATION make our overall situations exceedingly tricky.

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The Early Warning System

J. Peters 2020-11-20

I want to introduce a concept called the Early Warning System

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“I was just following orders.” The Nuremberg defense, just following orders, Due Obedience, or by the German phrase Befehl ist Befehl (“an order is an order”). This plea justified Nazi crimes against humanity. ‘Just following orders’ implies that the…